Philippine fishermen net and eat rare megamouth shark


	Philippine fishermen net and eat rare megamouth shark

ofcapri

7-16-2009 6:59 PM

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"Others megamouths have been encountered in California, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Brazil, Ecuador, Senegal, South Africa, Mexico and Australia"

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7-16-2009 8:06 PM

chestnut501

It's amazing how different our values are from culture to culture.

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